Francisco Liriano’s really only made one terrible start in 2015, and it came in May against the same Twins that he’ll face this afternoon. Actually, it was his two-inning outing that dropped the Pirates to 18-22 that brought Pirate fans to peak tooth-gnashing back in May, exactly one day before the season turned around. Liriano’s […]

The Brewers look to build on their victory Friday night as they face the Pirates in Game 2 of their series at Miller Park tonight. Brewers RHP Jimmy Nelson (6-9, 4.21) pitches against Pirates LHP Francisco Liriano (5-6, 2.99).

With his third All-Star nomination, Glen Perkins enters the echelon of the best closers in Minnesota Twins history. When Glen Perkins made 23 relief appearances between 2006 and 2007, we knew it was just an attempt to get him a few Major League innings. He made 26 starts for the Twins in 2008 as part of a group of young pitchers that were supposed to be a core of the team's rotation in the coming years: Scott Baker, Nick Blackburn, Boof Bonser, Francisco Liriano, Kevin Slowey, and Perkins were all between 24 and 26-years old. It didn't turn out that way of course. Bonser and Slowey never...

Brad Ausmus was ejected in the fifth inning by Gibson for arguing balls and strikes shortly after J.D. Martinez took a called third strike from Pirates starter Francisco Liriano. DETROIT -- Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus clearly didn't like plate umpire Sam Holbrook's strike zone Thursday afternoon. And he let Holbrook know it. Ausmus was ejected in the fifth inning by Gibson for arguing balls and strikes shortly after J.D. Martinez took a called third strike from Pirates starting pitcher Francisco Liriano. With the Tigers trailing 2-0, Martinez took...